# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/varkey-vithayathil
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:31:58.438Z

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name: "Varkey Vithayathil"
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description: "Varkey Vithayathil CSsR was an Indian cardinal who served as the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly from 1999 to 2011. He was also a religious priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer."
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birthDate: "1927-05-29"
deathDate: "2011-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump